As part of the Peterson Young Naturalist Program, Loudoun Wildlife collaborates with Loudoun County Public School teachers to host two teacher trainings each school year. During those teacher trainings, activities and lesson plans are shared with teachers as examples of the types of activities that teachers can use in their classrooms as part of the nature journaling program. The lesson plans below have been shared with permission of the teachers who created them, and they are intended to be adapted for use in the classroom. Note: we will continue to update this page with additional resources and lesson plans.

Nature journal prompts

Nature mandala demonstrated during teacher training.
Photo by Miriam Westervelt

Sound mapping video and worksheet

Cricket math lab and video

Blind contour drawing

I am a Drop of Water (Kim Grim)

Zen Patterns in Nature (Marlena Beach)

Nature Mandalas (Marykirk Cunningham)

Nature Identification Apps

• Using Seek app – activity
• Using iNaturalist app – Teacher’s guide , Bingo,   Videos
• Using Merlin id app – id worksheet
• Using Creek Critters app – teacher resources, activity

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